fredmoll Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Be sure to keep some of the words count for putting some adventures/scenarios seeds that will allow GM and players to grasp and use some of the rules/spells/combat concepts you are introducing in this sourcebook. (kind of quick start basic scenarios ) No reason to keep introductory stuff for a scenario pack that will be published later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Magic This chapter will be further sub-divided into Battle MagicDaoist MagicBuddhist MagicMuslim MagicDemon Magic Divination, Geomancy and Exorcism will be supernatural skills à la BRP Rome rather than Powers/Magic-based. Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonewt Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 The current, tentative title is 天下 [Tiān Xià] How about either of the following? Alternatively they could be titles for additional source books, or sections for additional rules that address the style of play for the genre they cover. Wǔxiá 武侠 - Wuxia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jiānghú 江湖 - Jianghu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Wǔxiá Thats nice! Jiānghú And that one reminds me of the Water Margin tv show from the 70's, thats a good thing btw! Water Margin - Wikipedia Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Blurb is up. When do you expect to submit it to Alephtar Games? (by the way, there's no copyright issues with the image is there?) SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Blurb is up. When do you expect to submit it to Alephtar Games? Hopefully early 2010. (by the way, there's no copyright issues with the image is there?) Copyright laws are notoriously lax in China Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Copyright laws are notoriously lax in China I imagine they are. I do however try to keep at least the front page "clean" of copyright-issues, so I've replace the image. Tell me if you find something else you rather use where this is no problem. :ohwell: SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 I understand. The picture of the Taoist sorcerer is from a Taiwanese deck of (standard) playing cards... The Water Margin heroes are extremely popular in East Asia, like Robin Hood or the Three Musketeers in Europe, and even probably more so. The new picture is nice, though. Cheers. Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 IThe picture of the Taoist sorcerer is from a Taiwanese deck of (standard) playing cards... It's probably not copyrighted, in that case. Looks pretty old, anyway (although looks can be deceiving). Do you know who the artist is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 There's a cartouche with the artist's name (as usual) but it's really hard to decipher! Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clydwich Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hello Gianni, About that adventure in the new BRP China book. Something like a Judge Dee mistery maybe? If you look at the first set of books that Van Gulik wrote, the Judge usually works on three cases at the same time, fairly often in different social strata, and there is always some fighting, either with swords or with bare hands in it. You could just rip the plot from one of the books, or make one up yourself. If you choose one from the Judge Dee books, you are even garanteed that it is a historic case! Although not neccessarily in that setting... Quote I do not know who I am, but I do know where i'm going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hello Gianni, About that adventure in the new BRP China book. Something like a Judge Dee mistery maybe? If you look at the first set of books that Van Gulik wrote, the Judge usually works on three cases at the same time, fairly often in different social strata, and there is always some fighting, either with swords or with bare hands in it. You could just rip the plot from one of the books, or make one up yourself. If you choose one from the Judge Dee books, you are even garanteed that it is a historic case! Although not neccessarily in that setting... Yes, the Judge Dee adventures are absolutely awesome. Van Gulik wrote his first novel as a tribute to the historical novel Dee Goong An, which contains three intertwined cases, and he then kept this constraint for most of the following novels that he wrote. And van Gulik's novels are indeed very diverse, with detective investigations, philosophical digressions, fights, romance... I wish I could write adventures as good as van Gulik's novels! Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I don't think I've ever heard of Judge Dee or van Gulik before. Although I remember reading a Scholastic collection of short stories about a Chinese judge. I wonder if it was related? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Nash Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I love the Judge Dee novels. They are fascinating insights into Chinese society, and fun mysteries in addition. Highly recommended! Oh, and they touch upon the supernatural too... :thumb: Quote 10/420 https://www.amazon.com/author/petenash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clydwich Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 About the intro adventure.... I've been thinking about something like the "Choose your own adventure" books. You could take one of Judge Dee's assistants, and have him or her look for clues, on order or advice from the judge. This way he or she can get into a fight, in which you use fight rules from the system, and visit several distinct social classes. And make friends with the guildmaster of the beggar guild, if possible. And he or she must attend a session in court. After all, he or she is a trusted advisor of the judge. Does that sound like a usable idea? Quote I do not know who I am, but I do know where i'm going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Does that sound like a usable idea? As a friend of mine says... this is fucking brilliant! Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Any news on this one ? Working on my Bothanta setting, I could well use some "Chinese ideas" to give the setting some additional colour and depth, and from what has been mentioned so far I would very much pre- fer Tian Xia to supplements like GURPS China ... Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 Any news on this one ? Still finalising the background part of TX. And after that, Paolo's going to own the publication schedule, not me. I intend to demo TX in Bacharach -- not too far from Augsburg, is it? Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I intend to demo TX in Bacharach -- not too far from Augsburg, is it? Far, but not too far - I will try to be there. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Any updates on this product? I'm very interested... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Cubicle 7 should have just released the press announcement to the distributors. It will be in the shops for Christmas. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Great news, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 And the cover and a new blurb is out: The Celestial Empire The Celestial Empire is an old phrase used in Classical Chinese to describe the Chinese Empire. In the original Chinese writing, the phrase literally reads ‘Heavenly dynasty’ – ‘Large country’, which renders both the size of the country and the fact that the emperor was considered as having directly been mandated by Heaven. This book is thus a historically accurate roleplaying game about Imperial China. Yet history-based does not mean boring: depending on the game master’s inspiration, ‘The Celestial Empire’ may capture the exotic bewilderment of The Journey to the West, the virile excitement of The Water Margin, the investigative astuteness of Judge Dee, or the kinetic fantasy from Hong Kong fiction! Included with the setting is also a fully-fledged introductory adventure and several adventure seeds. 160 pages. The author is Gianni Vacca, aka GianniVacca from the forum. Expected to be in stock at Cubicle 7 from december 2010. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questbird Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Here is my review of Celestial Empire from my LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com/work/book/70037020): An excellent roleplaying resource. It is dense enough with historical and cultural detail to make for a fascinating setting (or rather, settings, because it describes the differences between several dynastic periods in China) without repelling the reader with too much detail. It is an admirable introduction to the classic Chinese setting for Western roleplayers. Information on religions, cults and cultural attitudes are interesting and provide immediate game hooks. The game information about professions, allegiances, spells and monsters is well done. My only criticisms would be that the research (or the quotations at least) relied almost exclusively on the work of British sinologist Herbert Giles, and that no adventure is provided. However this is a very good piece of work, and it inspires me to run an ancient Chinese campaign. (Four and a half stars). Thanks, Gianni. A roleplaying supplement with just the right balance of background and game information. I will have a review of Chronicles of Future Earth soon (after I have pondered it a little further). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks a lot. And from Melbourne, the place of my favourite Chinese restaurant The research was based on countless books... The reason I almost only quoted Giles's was because of copyright issues. Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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